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Tom Thumb's folio, or, A new penny play-thing, for little giants : to which is prefixed, an abstract of the life of Mr. Thumb, and an historical account of the wonderful deeds he performed

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Tom Thumb's folio, or, A new penny play-thing, for little giants : to which is prefixed, an abstract of the life of Mr. Thumb, and an historical account of the wonderful deeds he performed

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Printed by J. Kendrew,

Publication date
Topics
Fairy tales., Chapbooks -- Specimens., Chapbooks -- England -- York -- 19th century, McGill University Library Digitized Title, McGill Library's Chapbook Collection, Chapbooks
Publisher
York : Printed by J. Kendrew
Collection
mcgilluniversitychapbook; mcgilluniversity; toronto
Contributor
McGill University Library
Language
English
Item Size
41.4M
31 p. : illus. ; 11 x 7 cm.

First and last leaf mounted on inside of covers

First sentence: "Mr. Thomas Thumb was the son of Mr. Theophilus Thumb, of Thumb Hall, in Northumberland."

Includes 7 woodcuts

Date range taken from Davis, R. Kendrew of York and his chapbooks for children, p. 41

Publisher's advertisements on p. 4 of wrapper

Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: wood engraving inside front wrapper; 6 cuts in text. Grey decorated wrappers. Trocchi Rare Books, London Book Fair. Jun/89. £33. Hobbyhorse Books, Ho Ho Kus, N.J. - '90 - $115.00; Hobbyhorse Books, Ho Ho Kus, N.J. - '93 - $175.00; Hobbyhorse Books - 2000 - $200.00
Addeddate
2014-02-14 19:14:30
Callnumber
RBD BOUR PN970 K4 T6 1810 Rare Books/Special Collections - Sheila R. Bourke Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor)
Identifier
McGillLibrary-PN970_K4_T6_1810-1971
Identifier-ark
ark:/13960/t4cn9p791
Lccn
27000837
Note
First and last leaf mounted on inside of covers.
First sentence: "Mr. Thomas Thumb was the son of Mr. Theophilus Thumb, of Thumb Hall, in Northumberland."
Includes 7 woodcuts.
Date range taken from Davis, R. Kendrew of York and his chapbooks for children, p. 41.
Publisher's advertisements on p. 4 of wrapper.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: wood engraving inside front wrapper; 6 cuts in text. Grey decorated wrappers. Trocchi Rare Books, London Book Fair. Jun/89. £33. Hobbyhorse Books, Ho Ho Kus, N.J. - '90 - $115.00; Hobbyhorse Books, Ho Ho Kus, N.J. - '93 - $175.00; Hobbyhorse Books - 2000 - $200.00.
Ocr
ABBYY FineReader 9.0
Ppi
300
Url
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8265
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